Korean
Migagung
미가궁 Gung means palace; the posts do not explain the rest of the name.
Compiled from 13 blog posts read in fullSources →
A buffet and set-course restaurant on the lobby level of the Sejong Hotel (145 Toegye-ro), right outside Myeongdong Station exit 10. It runs breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets plus a weekday lunch course. Prices in the posts: breakfast 22,000 won, lunch buffet 38,000 won (58,000 for the weekend seafood buffet), dinner buffet 75,000 won, the A course 38,000 won per person, and a 78,000-won course. Guests serve themselves at the buffet, but several posts say steak and grilled abalone are cooked in the kitchen and brought to the table. Many posts are about group events: first birthdays, 70th birthdays, a wedding reception, a year-end party. We read 14 posts dated 16 March to 11 December 2025, and all 14 describe an actual meal.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 퇴계로 145, 2층 (충무로2가)145 Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-7776-1811
- Typical spend₩22,000 – ₩78,000
- From the station2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 284 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 6 posts: 4 wrote Daily 07:00–22:00, 2 wrote 11:30–14:00.
| No day given | 11:30–14:00 | 2 of 6 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 07:00–22:00 | 4 of 6 posts |
| Break | 10:00–11:30 | 4 of 4 posts |
| Last order | 21:20 | 4 of 4 posts |
1 other values
| Break | 14:00–17:30 4 of 4 posts last seen 2025-05 |
|---|
Counted from what bloggers wrote in their posts; we did not confirm it with the restaurant. Where the values differ, it may be a change over time rather than a disagreement, so we show when each one was written.
These hours are counted from the posts we read. Shops change them without notice — check Naver Place before you go. 
Place — check hours
What sets it apart
- Window seats stand out here. Three posts sat by the window, and two of them say the table was set by the window when they arrived on a reservation. One notes that some window seats face the hotel entrance and others look out over the city.
- Of the ten posts that discuss price, seven call it good value. One calls it a bit pricey and puts that down to the hotel setting. One sits in between: not exactly a bargain, but not a burden either. Six of the seven value verdicts come from the same cluster of May 2025 posts, which share a template.
- Four posts came with family, three of them bringing children; others held a niece's wedding reception and a year-end party here. Two posts came as a couple and one with a friend.
- Three posts noticed many foreign guests, one of them a Japanese tour group at the next table. Another post notes the buffet labels are also in English and Japanese.
What 13 bloggers said
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Not expensive
We read all 13 in full. The most common claims are “Not expensive” (7) and “Friendly staff” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Large windows 3 of 13 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 3 of 13 posts
- Reachable by transit 2 of 13 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 2 of 13 posts
- Takes reservations 2 of 13 posts
- Coffee served 2 of 13 posts
- Private room 1 of 13 posts
- Cooked to order 1 of 13 posts
- Live music or shows 1 of 13 posts
- Beer served 1 of 13 posts
- Wine served 1 of 13 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
3 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 3 of 13 posts |
|---|
Three posts say the hotel car park is validated for two hours, and one found that a relief in the middle of Myeongdong, where parking is hard to find. Five more posts mention parking, but only in copied listing info, which we did not count.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 4 of 13 posts
- Came with children 3 of 13 posts
- Date 2 of 13 posts
- Group visit 1 of 13 posts
- With a friend 1 of 13 posts
Where it is
From the station
2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 2 (of 13 posts read) |
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It is not below ground. Two posts describe riding an escalator up to the hotel's lobby level, with the restaurant just to the left. The registered address says second floor, which seems to be the same level counted from the street.
We don't know whether a wheelchair or stroller can get in, or whether there is a step at the entrance. Posts mention only the escalator up from the street, and the only lifts mentioned serve the guest rooms. That means nobody wrote about it, not that there is no access.
We don't know whether the toilets are inside the restaurant or split by gender. One post says only that they are clean hotel toilets.
No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Toilet inside · Accessible toilet · Separate restrooms. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.
How to read these posts
- Posts disclosing payment1 of 13 posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves3 of 13 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way9 of 13 posts
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 8 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Nine posts dated 12 May to 2 June 2025 follow one template: the same event hashtags, the same 38,000-won course and the same butterfly-garnished shrimp, and two of them share whole sentences. Only one discloses sponsorship. Read the praise from that period with this in mind.
- No post mentions waiting. Several say lunch and dinner are by reservation, and two posts booked ahead. We don't know whether walk-ins have to wait.
- Two posts confirm from experience that it is right outside Myeongdong Station exit 10. The bus and airport-bus routes in other posts are copied listing info, which we did not count.
- Six posts list opening hours. Four repeat the same copied listing: daily 07:00 to 22:00, breaks 10:00 to 11:30 and 14:00 to 17:30, last order 21:20. A December 2025 price board gives dinner buffet hours as 18:00 to 21:00, while other posts say it starts at 17:30. One post separately says a dinner bar stays open until 1 a.m.
- Lunch buffet prices differ: 38,000 won in a December 2025 post, 58,000 won for the weekend and holiday seafood buffet in May 2025. We can't tell whether that is a weekday/weekend gap or a price change. Only one post mentions the 78,000-won course.
- Three posts give 0507-1381-9147 as the reservation number and one gives 02-3705-9146/7. Several say lunch, dinner and the courses are by reservation only, but all of them are copying the listing.
Sources (13)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 궁중음식연구원 송년회 2025-12-11 · 시세연 · via Daum
- 명동 세종호텔 ‘미가궁’ 뷔페 후기! 2025-12-09 · hyelog · via Daum
- [명동] 조용하고 맛있다! 가족모임 딱 맞는 호텔뷔페(세종호텔 미가궁, 주말런치뷔페, 추천이유) 2025-08-28 · 그곳에 내가 있었지 · via Daum
- [명동맛집]:가성비 호텔뷔페맛집 미가궁(주차가능) 2025-05-24 · NAMUCHOO의 그림일기★ · via Daum
- [ 서울 / 맛집추천 ] 명동 가성비 호텔뷔페 주말 런치 솔직후기 | 세종호텔 미가궁 2025-05-24 · 오늘 더 이끌림 · via Daum
- 명동 세종 호텔뷔페 미가궁 데이트하기좋은 가성비 맛집 2025-05-24 · ღ맛있는 하루 본오랜드ღ · via Daum
- 명동 한식 뷔페 가성비 코스요리 맛집 미가궁 2025-05-22 · ❤️키키 패밀리❤️ · via Daum
- ✨ 명동맛집 호텔뷔페 데이트코스로 최고! 세종호텔 미가궁 방문기 ✨ 2025-05-21 · happy님의 블로그 · via Daum
- 명동 가성비 코스요리 맛집 소개 , 세종호텔 미가궁 솔직 후기 / 주차정보 / 내돈내산 2025-05-17 · yepedia 님의 블로그 · via Daum
- 서울 가성비 코스요리 추천 ‘명동 세종호텔 미가궁’ 1인 38,000원 A코스 후기(환갑, 돌잔치, 동창회) 2025-05-17 · 표표팅 · via Daum
- 명동 맛집 세종호텔 저녁 뷔페 가성비 좋고 맛있는 미가궁 전메뉴 후기 2025-05-12 · Enrich your life · via Daum
- 남산뷰를 만날 수 있는 세종호텔! 룸 소개 그리고 미가궁 조식까지 내 돈 내산 솔직후기!(체크인 및... 2025-03-28 · 로이의 맛에반하다 · via Daum
- 3번째 조카 피로연 가족행사 일상글 2025-03-16 · 코코렛은 여행중 · via Daum
Of 340 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 13 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.